Kienbock disease
MONDO:0019967Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names Kienbock disease yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
Kienbock disease is a rare bone disorder of unknown etiology characterized clinically by osteonecrosis of the carpal lunate, eventually leading to collapse of the lunate bone impacting wrist function.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0019967), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Features
7 features
What the disease is reported to present with, and how often among people who have it — never how often a feature means the disease. HPO, annotations 2026-09-02.
- Abnormality of the wristHPOHP:0003019
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- ArthralgiaHPOHP:0002829
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Avascular necrosisHPOHP:0010885
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Bone painHPOHP:0002653
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Limitation of joint mobilityHPOHP:0001376
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Osteochondritis dissecansHPOHP:0010886
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- OsteoarthritisHPOHP:0002758
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
Where it sits
- A kind of
Other names
5 names
Resolves to: Kienbock disease
- Also called
- aseptic necrosis of the lunate boneKienböck DiseaseLunatomalaciaosteochondritis of the lunate boneOsteochondrosis of the lunate bone